Princeton Landmarks in Biology²

Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems Robert M May
What makes populations stabilize? What makes them fluctuate? Are populations in complex ecosystems more stable than populations in simple ecosystems? In 1973, Robert May addressed these questions in this classic book. May investigated...
The Theory of Island Biogeography Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson
Biogeography was stuck in a "natural history phase" dominated by the collection of data, the young Princeton biologists Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson argued in 1967. In this book, the authors developed a general theory to...